The rise of crowdfunding has shown the power of individual, small donations to collectively support projects of all sizes -- from community garden nooks to large documentary films. Most crowdfunding is done online though, and therefore inherently limited in the kinds of exchanges ...
These days, it’s a tough decision to go to graduate school: with unemployment still near nine percent and the prospect of a lifetime paying off student debt, many young people are uncertain that a graduate degree is worth the trouble. A former graduate ...
Once upon a time, to be a designer meant that you made things—chairs, for example—and, in some cases, that you were focused on the needs of the wealthy, who could afford stylish or well-made objects. In recent years, the field of design has ...
We all remember times when school felt completely useless and abstract – for me, it was in chemistry class, a subject I thought would never apply to my life or career. In this tough employment climate, debate about how to educate with dwindling ...
Directed at budding social entrepreneurs, Social Enterprise Bootcamp, a recent two day workshop organized by students at Columbia, NYU and the School of Visual Arts, offered practical advice from an impressive array of speakers. Here are a few of the key take-aways: A ...
Chances are, if you have a college or postgraduate degree, you also have student loans to pay back. Nationwide, Americans have around $1 trillion in education debt; each year, the cost of tuition at universities is rising (it rose 5.9 percent in 2008 ...
Bill Moggridge has pioneered evolutions in design by responding to the quick global transformations in communications technology. He founded the design and business consulting firm IDEO, which is piloting an IDEO.org fellowship this year. And his current work has him directing the Cooper-Hewitt ...
The concept of “wicked problems” refers to issues that are considered near impossible to solve because of complex interdependencies within a system; only discrete and context-specific interventions can be applied to wicked problems. Examples: climate change, the U.S. health care system, and the ...
“Next week it’s gonna be very, very cold here. Temperatures at night are gonna be in the low forties, upper thirties – and with wind it’s gonna feel like it’s in the upper twenties,” said Nicholas Isabella, the self-appointed weatherman at Occupy Wall ...
Most media outlets have been and continue to be critical of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City, now in its third week. The protesters' message tries to speak against an unequal distribution of wealth wherein one percent of the American ...